The US government announced cooperation with India to accelerate the development of military equipment, semiconductors and artificial intelligence (AI), in order to compete with China.
Through this cooperation, the US hopes that more chip experts from China will come to the US and encourage companies from the two countries to collaborate in developing military equipment, including artillery systems.
This collaboration is expected to be a solution to a number of problems faced by the US and Indian governments. Such as the rules of strict restrictions on the transfer of military technology and visas for workers from abroad in the US. While on the Indian side, it is expected to reduce their dependence on military equipment from Russia.
In the cooperation talks, the US side was represented by national security adviser Jake Sullivan, while India was represented by Ajit Doval, also a national security adviser. The two of them met with a number of senior officials from the two countries at the White House, USA.
"The biggest challenge emanates from China, be it their economic practices, aggressive military moves, and their attempts to dominate future industries and control future supply chains, is a key premise in Delhi," said Sullivan.
Relations between the US and India itself are actually not very smooth, especially because India is conducting military exercises with Russia and increasing purchases of crude oil from the Red Bear Country, which is the main source of funds for the Russia-Ukraine war.
But the US Government can refrain from turning a blind eye to India's aggressive stance towards China, we were quoted as saying by Reuters, Wednesday (1/2/2023).
In the US, the two officials also met with a number of high-ranking companies related to their cooperation, such as Lockheed Martin, Adani Enterprises and Applied Materials.
Then there is also General Electric which requested permission from the US government to produce jet engines with India, which will later be used in aircraft that will operate in India.
